Hearths Collection

Girls putting wood on the fire (chromolitho)
8626920 Girls putting wood on the fire (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girls putting wood on the fire)

Cricketer dreaming of past victories (litho)
8625957 Cricketer dreaming of past victories (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cricketer dreaming of past victories)

Sir Walter Runciman (1847-1937), 1915 (oil painting)
7337816 Sir Walter Runciman (1847-1937), 1915 (oil painting) by Campbell, Reginald Henry (1877-1953); 144.2x98.4 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The Kitchen of the Rotisserie des Deux Paons, c.1875-81 (oil on wood panel)
XOS5874515 The Kitchen of the Rotisserie des Deux Paons, c.1875-81 (oil on wood panel) by Monticelli, Adolphe Joseph Thomas (1824-86); 44.3x61.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Another View of the Library, showing the Fireplace (b/w photo)
8654285 Another View of the Library, showing the Fireplace (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Another View of the Library)

Oberon's dressing room, Titania's Palace (colour litho)
8656885 Oberon's dressing room, Titania's Palace (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oberon's dressing room, Titania's Palace)

Fireside joys (engraving)
8635197 Fireside joys (engraving) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fireside joys; family sitting by the fire)

The bachelor at home (colour litho)
8656464 The bachelor at home (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The bachelor at home. How to be happy though single)

New Brentford, Boston House, Fireplace in SE room, 1st floor, 1623 (litho)
8661989 New Brentford, Boston House, Fireplace in SE room, 1st floor, 1623 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Brentford, Boston House)

Kensington, Holland House, Chimney-piece, c 1640, Reset in the China Room (b/w photo)
8661662 Kensington, Holland House, Chimney-piece, c 1640, Reset in the China Room (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kensington, Holland House)

Globe Room, Reindeer Inn, Banbury (engraving)
8676874 Globe Room, Reindeer Inn, Banbury (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Globe Room, Reindeer Inn, Parson Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire)

Fireplace at the Phoenix Ironworks Museum, Lewes, Sussex (b/w photo)
8675990 Fireplace at the Phoenix Ironworks Museum, Lewes, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fireplace at the Phoenix Ironworks Museum, Lewes)

Rainham Hall, Essex, The Fireplace and Niche in the Entrance Hall (b/w photo)
8667147 Rainham Hall, Essex, The Fireplace and Niche in the Entrance Hall (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rainham Hall, Essex)

Two Interior Views of Two Entrance Halls Decorated in "Burmantofts" Faience (litho)
8667871 Two Interior Views of Two Entrance Halls Decorated in "Burmantofts" Faience (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

F for the Funnel that puffs out the smoke, 1872 (illustration)
DUV4224974 F for the Funnel that puffs out the smoke, 1872 (illustration); 27x23 cm; (add.info.: Aunt Louisa's alphabet book, The nursery alphabet)

Au coin du feu, By the fireside, miniature 1490
3434849 Au coin du feu, By the fireside, miniature 1490; (add.info.: Agriculture. Bibl. Agriculture. Farmers by the fireside. Miniature from a calendar, France, 1490. Bibl.); Photo © CCI

A chimney sweep, 1850
3478711 A chimney sweep, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a chimney sweep appearing in the drawing room fireplace. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The New Bonnet, (oil on canvas)
659812 The New Bonnet, (oil on canvas) by Waite, James Clarke (fl.1863-85); 40.6x51.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Bonnet. James Clarke Waite (1832-1920). Oil on canvas

Great hall, Wiston House, Sussex (b/w photo)
8675953 Great hall, Wiston House, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Great hall, Wiston House, Sussex)

Remembrance from all at home (colour litho)
8635502 Remembrance from all at home (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Remembrance from all at home)

Fireplace in Present Dining-Room, Arundel Castle (engraving)
8632781 Fireplace in Present Dining-Room, Arundel Castle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fireplace in Present Dining-Room, Arundel Castle)

Remembrance from all at home! (colour litho)
8656688 Remembrance from all at home! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Remembrance from all at home! Cats by the fireplace)

Dowgate, Skinners Hall, Fireplace in the Cedar Room, 1670 (b/w photo)
8661794 Dowgate, Skinners Hall, Fireplace in the Cedar Room, 1670 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dowgate, Skinners Hall)

The dining room or ball parlour looking northwards at Home House, 20 Portman Square, 1932 (b/w photo)
8794413 The dining room or ball parlour looking northwards at Home House, 20 Portman Square, 1932 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Musical entertainment provided in the form of a singing troubadour and children playing a paino (colour litho)
7150669 Musical entertainment provided in the form of a singing troubadour and children playing a paino (colour litho) by Reynolds

Unknown Kent Cottage, 19th century (Watercolour)
7261444 Unknown Kent Cottage, 19th century (Watercolour); Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: Unknown Kent Cottage)

Card-players, 1850 (painting)
8719849 Card-players, 1850 (painting) by Tidemand, Adolph (1814-76); 54x65 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: By Adolph Tidemand (1814-1876)); Photo © O. Vaering

Room on the first floor of Sir Paul Pindar's house, Bishopsgate Street, 1810
FLO5000640 Room on the first floor of Sir Paul Pindar's house, Bishopsgate Street, 1810. Wood panel walls, stone chimney piece and plaster ceiling and cornices

Under Suspicion (oil on canvas)
6452839 Under Suspicion (oil on canvas) by Bennett, Frank Moss (1874-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bennett, Frank Moss (1874-1953))

Queen Mary's Dolls House: The Dining Room (coloured photo)
8674061 Queen Mary's Dolls House: The Dining Room (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dining Room)

A Christmas souvenir (chromolitho)
8677541 A Christmas souvenir (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Christmas souvenir.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Enfield, Fireplace from Enfield Palace, 16th-century (litho)
8661987 Enfield, Fireplace from Enfield Palace, 16th-century (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Enfield, Fireplace from Enfield Palace, 16th-century)

The front drawing room or music room at Home House, 20 Portman Square, 1932 (b/w photo)
8766887 The front drawing room or music room at Home House, 20 Portman Square, 1932 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info)

A child hangs a big sock on the fireplace on Christmas Eve. On the floor a bear skin rug
FGL5484408 A child hangs a big sock on the fireplace on Christmas Eve. On the floor a bear skin rug. Illustration by Thomas Nast (1840-1902) in Harper's Weekly, 1876; Fototeca Gilardi

Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print)
7293420 Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Religion. Catholic religion. Gifts on Saint Nicholas day: the toys in the fireplace)

Science. Electricity. Electric radiator. c.1900 (chromo)
3433699 Science. Electricity. Electric radiator. c.1900 (chromo); (add.info.: Science. Electricity. Electric radiator. Imagery, France, ca 1900.); Photo © CCI

Bringing in the Christmas Pudding, 1848 (engraving)
3478777 Bringing in the Christmas Pudding, 1848 (engraving); (add.info.: Bringing in the Christmas Pudding. Illustration, 1848.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Stuffing a Christmas goose (chromolitho)
8677522 Stuffing a Christmas goose (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stuffing a Christmas goose.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

The drawing room, No 10 Downing Street, London (b/w photo)
8673357 The drawing room, No 10 Downing Street, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The drawing room, No 10 Downing Street, London)

In the studio (b/w photo)
8673257 In the studio (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The studio of Johns Sargent RA)

Fireplace in the Grat Gateway of the Monastery, now the Grammar School (litho)
8671892 Fireplace in the Grat Gateway of the Monastery, now the Grammar School (litho) by Moul, Duncan (fl.1904-24); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fireplace in the Grat Gateway of the Monastery)

Petworth House, The Grinling Gibbons Carved Room, with Holbein's Henry VIII above the Fireplace (b/w photo)
8645511 Petworth House, The Grinling Gibbons Carved Room, with Holbein's Henry VIII above the Fireplace (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Art Nouveau style interior. (Illustration, ca. 1910)
5975856 Art Nouveau style interior. (Illustration, ca. 1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Article 1. Architecture. An Art Nouveau style mirror fireplace. Illustration, France, circa 1910. Coll)

Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print)
7293422 Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Religion. Catholic religion. Saint Nicholas day: the children put their shoes in the fire place)

Calendar: performance of the month of January: a servant brings his meal to his lord settled in a room heated by a
FGL5474185 Calendar: performance of the month of January: a servant brings his meal to his lord settled in a room heated by a fireplace

Fiddle, Fiddler, Fifer, Finger, Fire-arms, Firebrand, Fireman, Fireplace, Fire-plug, Firewood, Fish-hook
8650047 Fiddle, Fiddler, Fifer, Finger, Fire-arms, Firebrand, Fireman, Fireplace, Fire-plug, Firewood, Fish-hook, Fishing (engraving) by German School

Brick ingle-nook and fireplace in a country cottage (b/w photo)
8639669 Brick ingle-nook and fireplace in a country cottage (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brick ingle-nook and fireplace in a country cottage)

I must leave here shortly (colour litho)
8656510 I must leave here shortly (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I must leave here shortly." Couple cuddling on the sofa as her father)

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"Hearths: Portraits of Life and Warmth Through the Ages" "The Pancakes, c. 1875: A Delicious Tradition Sizzling on the Hearth" "Party in a Brothel, c. 1540: Revelry Ignites by the Fireside" "Academic Figures of Men, 1646: Intellectual Discourse Around the Hearth" "Mme. Michel Musson and Her Daughters, Estelle and Desiree, 1865: Love Blossoms by the Cozy Firelight" "The Fireplace at Castle della Manta, 1418-30: Where History Finds Solace in Flames" "The Nine Worthies and the Nine Worthy Women, 1418-30: Legends Echoed Near Glowing Hearths" "Book of Hours, vol 137, 16th century: Pages Illuminated by Flickering Hearth's Glow" "Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1853: Literary Genius Kindled Amidst Embers' Warm Embrace" "Ivry in the Snow, 1873: Winter Magic Unfolds as Hearths Offer Respite from Cold" Immerse yourself in these captivating glimpses into hearths across time - where stories are shared, love is nurtured, and warmth dances with life's vibrant hues. From sizzling pancakes to intellectual debates, from joyous celebrations to tender family moments, the hearth has been an eternal sanctuary for human connection. Step into these masterpieces that capture its essence: a haven adorned with noble arms, portraits painted with delicate brushstrokes, and even bound volumes embraced by velour covers. Witness how flames breathe life into history as they flicker amidst legends of valorous men and worthy women. Let your imagination wander through pages illuminated by their gentle glow as they whisper tales of devotion and faith.